Quote Originally Posted by Psychotic View Post
I think it just goes to show the entire show was about the characters, and all of the mystery stuff was just a plot device to tell us about them.

Whether or not you think that is a good thing, though, is up to you!
Yeah that was plainly obvious in the finale, the producers also said so during the two hour recap before the finale. So it wasn't a huge surprise. But as Vivi said that is only half the show. The other half is the mysteries, and that is what made the show so popular. Without the craziness happening on the island the show would not have lasted 6 years. During those 6 years we were given the impression that the creators knew what the island was the whole time and why crazy stuff happens there, and we would be told this by the end. I don't feel like that happened.

I understood that it would be a character driven finale and many things wouldn't get explained, like the numbers, how certain characters have special powers (Walt, Hurley, Desmond, Miles, etc). But I really thought the essential question of what the island was would be explained. I thought Jacob's cork in the beaker explanation was a metaphor. But there really was a literal freaking cork. That's just bad writing. :/ Tell us what it's trying to keep locked away and why at least! The finale was beautiful except for that stuff.